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The Roman republic of letters : scholarship, philosophy, and politics in the age of Cicero and Caesar /

An intellectual history of the late Roman Republic and the senators who fought both scholarly debates and a civil war. In The Roman Republic of Letters, Katharina Volk explores a fascinating chapter of intellectual history, focusing on the literary senators of the mid-first century BCE who came to b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Volk, Katharina, 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Rome > History > Republic, 265-30 B.C.
Rome > Politics and government > 265-30 B.C.
Learning and scholarship > Rome > History.
Politics and culture > Rome > History.
Politics and literature > Rome > History.
Republicanism > Rome > History.
Rome > Intellectual life.
Rome > Social life and customs.
PHILOSOPHY / Political.
HISTORY / Ancient / Rome.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Res publica of letters
  • Engaged philosophy
  • Philosophy after Pharsalus
  • The invention of Rome
  • Coopting the cosmos
  • Conclusion.